Roof-bracket.



S. P. PHOENIX.

ROOF BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1909.

961,64 Patented. June 14,1910.

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STEPHEN 1?. PHOENIX, OF ISLIP, NEW YORK.

ROOF-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN P. PHOENIX, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Islip, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roof-Brackets, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to Which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to brackets for use in shingling roofs for the purpose of supporting boards transversely of the roof, for holding shingles and other materials on said roof, and also forming a support or rest for operators; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation, and which may be easily and conveniently used without injury to the roof.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a view showing a part of a roof construction and showing one of my improved roof brackets and the method of its operation, part of the construction being in section. Fig. 2 a side view of the bracket detached with part of the construction broken away. Fig. 8 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 2 with part of the construction in section. Fig. 4 a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and ;Fig. 5 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 5 of Fig. 1, part of the construction being omitted.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown at a an ordinary roof rafter and at b the sheeting strips to which the shingles c are nailed, and in the practice of my, invention I provide a roof bracket 0?, which is shown in use in Fig. 1 and the details of which are shown in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive.

The bracket d consists of two main arms or members c and f pivoted together at g and provided with projecting jaws e and f which jaws are preferably provided on their inner faces with fine teeth c and f.

The arm or member f, in the form of construction shown, is provided at its free end with a cross head it having a tooth or teeth k and the arm or member c is provided in Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted J 1g 14, 1910,

Application filed October 28, 1909.

Serial No. 525,065.

its upper surface with recesses 2', three of which are shown. The arm or member 6 is also provided with a supplemental arm which is pivoted thereto adjacent to the pivotal point 9 of the arms or members 6 and f, as shown at 3' and the supplemental arm j is provided in its free end portion with a longitudinal slot 7' the upper wall of which is provided with recesses j, and I also provide a pawl 7c having a slot 70 in one end thereof and in which the supplemental arm j fits, and said pawl and arm are connected by a pin 76 passing through said pawl and through the slot j, and the pin 70 is adapted to fit in the recesses y'* as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and by means of this construction the pawl 70 may be adjusted longitudinally of the supplemental arm 7'. The free end of the pawl 70 is also slotted or forked so as to straddle the arm member 6, and the said free end of said pawl is also beveled as shown at 70 and adapted to enter the notches, or recesses 2' in said arm member 6. The supplemental arm j 'is adapted to work between the arms or arm members 6 and f, which are separated for this purpose, and the pivotal connection at g of the arms or arm members 6 and f is made as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 by means of a screw 9 passed through the heel portions of the said arm members c and f, and the heel portion of one of said arm members, the arm member f as shown in the drawing, is provided with an opening through which the screw 9 is passed, the transverse dimensions of which are greater than the transverse dimensions of said screw, and set screws m and m are passed through the heel portion 7 of the arm member f and adapted to bear on said screw, as clearly shown in Fig. 4;, and in this way or by the manipulation of said set screws, the jaws c and f of the arm members c and f may be adjusted from and toward each other, as will be readily understood.

The operation of this device will be understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement thereof. When the bottom or lower rows of shingles 0 have been laid and nailed in position in the usual manner my improved roof bracket or brackets are brought into use and are connected with one of the upper or the last row of shingles, as shown in Fig. 1. In this operation the jaws e and f of the bracket and together with the arm member 7' lies flat upon or adjacent to the rows of shingles already placed 1n position, the cross head it serving as a support for and to prevent the slipping of said arm members 6 and f, or the bracket device of which they form a art. The pawl 72 is then engaged with one of the notches or recesses z' in the arm members 6 of the bracket device and a board a is placed transversely of the roof and on a number of the bracket devices secured in position as shown and described. The pressure of the arm and the board 0% on the pawl 70 securely holds the arm member e of the bracket device in the closed position, and this operation closes the jaws e and f of the bracket device as shown in Fig. 1 and locks the same to the shingle or shingles to which it is connected, and any desired roofing material may be placed on the board a, or rest against said board and will be securely held on the roof in position for use, as will be readily understood, and a number of my improved bracket devices used transversely of the roof and in the manner shown in Fig. 1 will, when the board or boards a are placed therein, form a continuous support extending across the roof and which may be used forsupporting roofing material in the manner described and also as a support or rest for operators.

. The object of preparing means for adjusting the position of the aws e and f toward and from each other, as herein described and as shown in Fig. 4, is to adapt the device for use in connection with shingles of different thicknesses; and my invention is not limited to the exact details of the construction herein shown and described, and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of myrinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bracket of the class described comprising two main arm members pivoted together at one end and provided with projecting jaws, a supplemental arm pivoted to one of the main arm members adjacent to their pivotal connection and a pawl connected with the supplemental arm member and adapted to operate in connection with one of the main arm members.

- 2. A bracket of the class described comprising two main arm members pivoted together at one end and provided with proecting jaws, a supplemental arm plvoted to one of the main arm members adjacent to their pivotal connection and a pawl connected with the supplemental arm member and adapted to operate in connection with one of the main arm members, said pawl being adjustable longitudinally of the supplemental arm member.

3. A bracket of the class described comprising two main arm members pivoted together at one end and provided with projecting jaws, a supplemental arm pivoted to one of the main arm members adjacent to their pivotal connection and a pawl connected with the supplemental arm member and adapted to operate in connection with one of the main arm members, said pawl being adjustable longitudinally of the supplemental arm member and the pivotal connection of the main arm members being an adjustable connection.

4. A bracket of the class described composed of two main arm members pivotally connected at one end and provided with projecting jaws having teeth on their adjacent faces, one of said arm members being provided at its free end with a transverse cross head having teeth, a supplemental arm pivoted to one of the main arm members adjacent to their pivotal connection, and a pawl connected wit-h said supplemental arm and adapted to operate in connection with one of the main arm members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 26th day of October 1909.

STEPHEN P. PHOENIX.

lVitnesses .C. E. MULREANY, B. M. RYERSON. 

